Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
One of five bowls
Description
Bronze or copper alloy
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A plain, rounded bowl with a simple rim.
The artifact is a simple, rounded bowl made of a metal resembling bronze. It has a smooth surface and exhibits a warm metallic luster. The rim is slightly thickened, adding to its structural integrity. There are no visible inscriptions or elaborate decorations, suggesting its function was utilitarian rather than ceremonial.
unclear
unknown
excellent
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249556 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 08.200.12a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544132 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.